Comment(s) on dataPortunus (Portunus) sanguinolentus hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968 is treated as a species distinct from Portunus sanguinolentus (Herbst, 1783) by Castro (2011), from Ng and Lai (pers. com.), with French Polynesian specimens also attributed to Portunus (Portunus) hawaiiensis Stephenson, 1968.